Table of Contents

Preface to the English edition; Introduction; 1. Kaiser Wilhelm II: a suitable case for treatment?; 2. Philipp Eulenburg, the Kaiser's best friend; 3. The Kaiser's court; 4. The 'kingship mechanism' in the Kaiserreich; 5. Higher civil servants in Wilhelmine Germany; 6. The splendour and impotence of the German diplomatic service; 7. Dress rehearsal in December: military decision-making on the eve of the First World War; 8. Kaiser Wilhelm II and German anti-semitism.

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A personal and political analysis of the reign of Kaiser Wilhelm II using new archival sources.

Reviews

'The Kaiser and his Court is solid and speculative; it is cautious and provocative. It is brilliant history.' Washington Times

'… superbly researched and fluently written.' Andrew Roberts, The Sunday Telegraph

'… cool, spare, scholarly. But for all that, John Röhl has written a startling, even sensational book … [his] brilliant study chillingly reveals Kaiser Wilhelm II as a grandparent of the great horrors of the twentieth century.' Peter Bradshaw, The Evening Standard